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Engineering Effective Network Detection and Response for the EnterpriseProvided By: OpenText
Jul 2023Network security engineers and architects face numerous challenges in complex enterprises, equipping the security operations center (SOC) with valuable tools to defend against sophisticated cyber adversaries. Network detection and response (NDR) is an important part of network security, and it involves using various tools and techniques to detect, analyze and respond to threats on a network.
5G: Bringing Bandwidth to the Tip of the SpearProvided By: Nokia
Jun 2023Today, the ubiquity of information technology in the military is transforming the communication function itself. The U.S. military has moved to an interconnected battlespace, where data needs to move seamlessly between air, land, sea, space and cyber in real time. That means there is a need for internet bandwidth, capable of supporting ultra-high data demands-a 5G-powered network.
Ensuring Operational Readiness with a Data-Led Approach to Zero TrustProvided By: Commvault
May 2023Government agencies, like any other modern organization, run on data. To accomplish their mission, employees need easy access to the right data at the right time, and many government services must ensure citizens have access to services virtually. Rising cyberthreats and growing concerns about privacy amplify the data readiness challenge for agencies needing to find ways to keep data secure without impeding operational readiness. Balancing access against data protection can be an extremely difficult balance to strike. This challenge is at the heart of the emerging zero ...
ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED NETWORKS FROM ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME, AND WITH ANY CONNECTIVITYProvided By: Dell
May 2023With a growing need for remote access to classified networks, Federal technology teams are faced with a perilous balancing act between security and the need to get the job done from anywhere. The National Security Agency (NSA) introduced the Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program to keep the most sensitive Federal systems secure against cyberattacks, regardless of where those systems are accessed. Remote access to classified networks delivers transformational change for government teams but must be built on zero vulnerability security solutions. To create a ...
The Cyber Edge April 2023Provided By: AFCEA
Apr 2023Learn about Y2Q pressure, defending satellites from cyber attacks, gray-zone warfare, physical-cyber convergence outside the perimeter, and the constant modernizing of cyber defense for the U.S. Navy. This issue contains 3 articles from the winners of the Cyber Edge 2023 Writing Contest, sponsored by ManTech.
'Digital Chatter' — The Growing Challenge of Mis/Disinformation Provided By: AFCEA
Mar 2023For most organizations and individuals, cybersecurity has been the online threat dominating focus and attention, prompting a growing awareness of the need to strengthen our collective cyber defenses. As a result, organizations increasingly are investing in improved cyber defenses and individuals are paying more attention to what they download and what they click on. Despite this progress in dealing with online threats, there is a new online threat that promises to be more dangerous. AFCEA's Cyber Committee presents this white paper that details the threat of mis and dis ...
The Cyber Edge January 2023Provided By: AFCEA
Jan 2023U.S. Cyber Command officials anticipate-and are prepared to counter-multiple arguments against its proposal to create a dedicated cyber intelligence center to provide intelligence on international cyber forces. The arguments presented by Air Force Brig. Gen. Matteo Martemucci, Cyber Command's director of intelligence, include the fact that other organizations already provide elements of cyber intelligence, the possibility a new center could pull resources and talent from existing organizations and the idea that the cyber domain is not yet mature enough to warrant such a ...
The Cyber Edge July 2022Provided By: AFCEA
Nov 2022In the two years since the Army Software Factory launched, it has sent multiple applications into production. And those apps are being developed in large part by soldiers in nontechnical career paths, including combat engineers, medics and maintenance.
The Cyber Edge April 2022Provided By: AFCEA
Nov 2022The battle for cyberspace may hinge on outer space as experts expand the digital frontier. The leading U.S. military communications organization is working with partners in NATO to exploit and dominate space communication systems with an eye to hurling defense systems into an advanced technology future.
The Cyber Edge October 2022Provided By: AFCEA
Oct 2022"If you're designing an unmanned device, like a UAV, you need to ensure that the system can operate without the adversary taking it over and using it against you," said Steve Pitcher, a senior cyber survivability analyst at the Department of Defense (DoD).
Quantum Computing and Its Impact on CybersecurityProvided By: AFCEA
Oct 2022AFCEA International's Homeland Security Committee presents this white paper that offers cautionary alerts on the emerging quantum computing technology, with its ability to solve complex problems beyond the capabilities of the traditional computers. While the quantum research community applauds the accelerated rate at which quantum computers are being developed, the technology is also a threat, considering it can unravel the algorithms behind the encryption keys that protect the assets we hold most dear.
AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2022 Solutions ShowcaseProvided By: AFCEA
Sep 2022The U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence sought solutions to address both emerging and existing challenges. Several dozen abstracts were submitted to address the Problem Statements and the top solutions were presented in the Innovation Theater at TechNet Augusta 2022.
Making the Case for a Federal Bureau of StatisticsProvided By: AFCEA
Jul 2022AFCEA International's Cyber Committee is pleased to present this white paper as part of the members' series of white papers designed to inform an evolving national cybersecurity strategy. This paper, focused on recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission pertinent to a Bureau of Cyber Statistics, represents a program issue, given that it discusses a capability the commission believes required to strengthen the cybersecurity of the United States.
AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2022 Solutions ShowcaseProvided By: AFCEA
Jun 2022The cyber realm is dynamic and ever-evolving. The nation's competitors grow more sophisticated, more determined and, in some cases, more aggressive day by day. Just as the technologies, tactics, techniques and procedures in the cyber arena continue to evolve, our training and education efforts must remain agile and adaptable. The cyber forces are at the forefront of a new kind of competition and conflict, and the role they play is absolutely vital to our national and global security-today and in the future. TechNet Cyber 2022 is designed to open the lines of communicati ...
The Danger of Cognitive Stress on Tactical Cyber OperationsProvided By: AFCEA
Apr 2022Cybersecurity professionals, especially on-net defenders, experience striking similarities to stress-inducing factors as do first responders. While discussions at cybersecurity conferences dating to 2018 noted a significant rise in burnout, depression and suicide in the community, no official studies exist to date. This white paper, written by members of AFCEA International's Cyber Committee, seeks to educate readers on contributing factors of the current cultures, the potential role of "gamification" to impact behaviors and recommendations to address the issue.
Supply Chain CybersecurityProvided By: AFCEA
Mar 2022Supply Chain Cybersecurity includes a complex of everyday operating issues affected by a network of known and unknown connections, services and components. In this white paper, the AFCEA Homeland Security Committee provides a strategic overview of the supply chain cyber issues from the perspective of vendor operational security.
The Cyber Edge January 2022Provided By: AFCEA
Mar 2022Last year's evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan was a massive undertaking with multiple challenges and successes. e withdrawal required enormous amounts of data, which also presented some obstacles, but ultimately proved successful and offered lessons learned for future operations, according to U.S. Defense Department officials.
Jumpstarting Rural Broadband InitiativesProvided By: AFCEA
Dec 2021High-speed Internet access is critical to economic opportunity, job creation, education and civic engagement. All Americans, whether living and working in cities or the nation's rural areas, need reliable and ready access. This white paper, prepared by members of AFCEA's Cyber Committee, reviews some of the major government programs to improve nationwide availability of broadband and offers suggestions for how and why the private sector should participate. It also investigates the security and national competitive implications of the lack of reliable broadband Internet ...
The Cyber Edge July 2021Provided By: AFCEA
Sep 2021The U.S. Navy is moving ahead at full speed to equip its assets with e¬ective cybersecurity. However, the diverse nature of those assets, some are city-size ships while others are small but vital systems, confound planners seeking to ensure interoperable security measure.
The Cyber Edge October 2021Provided By: AFCEA
Sep 2021Coast Guard Embarks on Cyber Offense. The service blends its traditional maritime roles with expanded digital strengths to thwart adversaries.
